Most divers and snorkelers here in Hawaii have seen the banded coral shrimp. This super common marine invertebrate is usually seen during the day hanging upside down in a small crack or cave in the ...

Mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp use astonishing underwater weapons, from bullet-speed punches to sonic shockwaves. Scientists ...

Scientists have worked out how alpheidae, also known as pistol shrimp, are able to close their claws so quickly that they can create shockwaves that stun their prey. The rest of this article is behind ...

The underwater landscape is not as dull and featureless as it may seem when viewed through the lens of a camera inspired by animals that live in the sea. A new bio-inspired camera shows polarization ...

Full-grown snapping shrimp were already known to have some of the fastest claws under the waves. But it turns out they’re nothing compared with their kids. Juvenile snapping shrimp produce the highest ...

Juvenile snapping shrimp have broken the acceleration record for a repeatable body movement underwater. The tiny crustaceans can snap their claws with an acceleration of nearly 600,000 metres per ...

Researchers are looking to nature for inspiration in developing a new method of underwater plasma generation using shrimp as a model - a discovery that could provide significant improvements for ...

The snapping shrimp, aka the pistol shrimp, is one of the loudest creatures in the ocean, thanks to the snaps produced by its whip-fast claws. And juvenile snapping shrimp are even faster than their ...

People from all corners of the world, here today we present to you one of the most epic oceanic battles ever recorded in history. On October 15, 2019, in a marine sanctuary literally dubbed “the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The underwater environment may appear to the human eye as a dull-blue, featureless space. However, a vast landscape of polarization patterns appear when viewed through a camera that ...